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Headboard

Headboards typically includes both headboards and footboards, since they are usually identical at least in dimension. Headboards and footboards are also of widths which correspond to the beds, be they single, queen, king or the like. A variety of different types of mechanisms have been utilized in the past for securing headboards, as well as footboards, to bed frames. Beds can optionally be stacked atop one another to form bunk beds and save space. Also, in colleges especially, it is common to mount the headboards on extenders so that the bed will be elevated, providing space beneath the bed for desks, chairs and the like. Bed headboards have been provided in a variety of forms and in many cases have been mounted on a wall above a bed. The headboard can be fitted onto a bed frame as well. There have been numerous proposals for thematic headboards, i.e. headboards which are intended to convey a particular decorative impression or sense. Headboards may be capable of alteration to suit the development of a child, for example, being modified thematically as the child develops from infanthood to adolescence to the young adult. Fabric covered headboards are also known in which the fabric is drawn over a frame and fastened, e.g. by staples, tacks or the like on the backside of the frame. Wooden headboards are typically fabricated from two posts and at least one crosspiece extending between the posts. The crosspiece is joined to the posts by doweling and gluing or by mortise and tenon joints. Crib beds for infants conventionally include a relatively tall headboard and footboard connected by crib sides. A mattress support frame or rail is typically provided for connection at one of a variety of heights on the headboard and footboard so that the corresponding mattress height can be varied as the child grows in size, physical maturity, and ability.

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